Sheikh Hasina to contest polls from one seat for the first time

Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been finalized as the ruling party candidate to contest the December 30 polls from Gopalganj-3 constituency.

“Our party chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to run in the election from Goplaganj-3 constituency,” Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said while announcing the party’s final list at Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi office in Dhaka on Friday.

Earlier during the nomination submission, Sheikh Hasina had submitted her nomination paper to contest in Rangpur-6 besides the Gopalganj-3.

However, the ruling party chief let her party’s another heavyweight contender Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the Speaker of the incumbent national parliament, as the latter had also submitted her nomination papers from Rangpur-6 constituency to contest the polls.